The Editor, Sir:

The consensus regarding the efficacy of the National Leadership Prayer Breakfast (NLPB) is that it is just a waste of time.

The food and fellowship at the august gathering of our leaders from the government and the church has failed miserably. God's guidance has not done one iota to lessen crime, corruption and the overall state of decadence that exists in Jamaica today.

The Reverend Alston Henry says that the "unwavering support" and the attendance by the "national leadership says something".

He speaks as if he were a truant officer for some schoolboys and girls.

From where I sit, the "holy guidance" expected from these gatherings and the "spiritual nurturing" never came our way to cause any change to our "dutty politics", nor did we see fewer of our brothers and sisters being murdered.

Now, another point worth looking into is the money garnered from the NLPB hobnobbings over the years.

From a paltry sum of $7,640.29 in 1988 to $320,000 in 2008, donated to the police convalescent home in Black River.

Our next step is to see if the police convalescent home in Black River is in better shape and to do other audits on the other charities that received money from the efforts of the NLPB.

This will be the true test of how effective the NLPB is and can be.

Orville Burrell (Shaggy) has done the right thing and has set a shining example of how we should help our own.

Let the NLPB be about food, fellowship and digging into our pockets to help those less fortunate among us.

I am, etc.,

DR MICHAEL LEON

silverfox@cwky.blackberry.net

Georgetown Hospital

Dental Clinic

Grand Cayman